27/12/2014 | Argentina

16/12/2014 | Argentina

The government has decided to give public workers three days off – December 24, December 31 and January 2 -, for Christmas and New Year holidays, a decision which includes neither bank nor financial institutions.

12/12/2013 | Argentina

The leadership of the Teamsters Union along with members of the FADEEAC business chamber were negotiating today a Christmas bonus at the Labour Ministry while demonstrators rallied in downtown Buenos Aires causing traffic chaos.

21/12/2012 | Argentina

25/12/2012 | Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with her family in Río Gallegos, prior to her expected return to Buenos Aires tomorrow, when she will continue with official activities at the Government House.

25/12/2011 | Argentina

Since yesterday, hospitals across the country have been reporting a high number of admissions of patients with fireworks related injuries. Authorities informed that over 200 patients were treated for firecraker's wounds at Buenos Aires City and Province, Rosario, Córdoba and La Rioja.

14/12/2010 | Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner launched a low cost Christmas basket and highlighted the "great moment" that consumption is going through during a rally at the Government House with Economy Minister Amado Boudou.

20/12/2011 | Argentina

Following last week’s slightly cooler, rainy spell, this week the days leading up to Christmas are predicted to be mostly hot and sunny excluding Wednesday, with today’s temperature reaching lows of 20 degrees and highs of 32 degrees Celsius, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) forecasted.

27/12/2014 | World

The Vatican said it has arrested a member of women's rights group Femen who on Christmas Day bared her breasts and grabbed a statue of the baby Jesus from a nativity scene in front of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.

22/12/2014 | World

25/12/2014 | World

Pope Francis has condemned the "brutal persecution" of minorities by Islamic State insurgents and said the joy of Christmas was marred by the suffering of children in the Middle East and around the world.

24/12/2013 | World

Disrupted transport networks and power cuts wreaked havoc in Britain and France today, one of the busiest travel and shopping days of the year just before Christmas, after hurricane-force winds and torrential rain lashed the region.

12/12/2012 | World

A gunman opened fire inside a shopping centre yesterday afternoon in Oregon, US, killing at least two people, critically wounding a young woman and terrorizing holiday shoppers before shooting himself to death, police said.

22/12/2012 | World

Britain's Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate will spend Christmas Day with her parents, their office said on Saturday, in a break with the tradition of royals joining Queen Elizabeth at her country estate at Sandringham.

24/12/2012 | World

25/12/2011 | World

Islamist militants set off bombs across in Nigeria on Christmas Day - three targeting churches including one that killed at least 27 people - raising fears that they are trying to ignite sectarian civil war.

23/12/2011 | World

18/12/2010 | Latin America

From Sunday there will be a large Christmas tree to light up the Alemao favelas complex, an area made up of shantytowns in the northern area of Rio de Janeiro. This part of Rio was being used as a centre for drug trafficking, which the Army and the police regained control over, a month ago.